VMware Player and VirtualBox are two cool and free full virtualization solutions and both can run on top of a Linux host. In this post, I introduce how to install, run, and uninstall VMware Player and VirtualBox on Fedora Linux.
VMware Player和VirtualBox是两个很酷的免费完整虚拟化解决方案,它们都可以在Linux主机上运行。 在本文中,我将介绍如何在Fedora Linux上安装,运行和卸载VMware Player和VirtualBox。
VMware Player∞ (VMware Player ∞)
安装VMware Player∞ (Install VMware Player ∞)
Download the installation bundle from VMware’s website. For example, the file we download is: VMware-Player-4.0.0-471780.x86_64.bundle .
从VMware网站下载安装包。 例如,我们下载的文件是: VMware-Player -4.0.0-471780.x86_64.bundle。
Install needed kernel header and devel packages
安装所需的内核头文件和开发包
# yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel
Run the bundle file
运行捆绑文件
# sh VMware-Player-4.0.0-471780.x86_64.bundle
Then just follow the instruction of the GUI of the VMware installer, and you can finish the installation.
然后,只需按照VMware安装程序的GUI指示进行操作即可完成安装。
运行VMware Player∞ (Run VMware Player ∞)
Just execute
只需执行
$ vmplayer
Start a virtual machine just by one command
只需一个命令即可启动虚拟机
$ vmplayer /path/to/virtual/machine/config.vmx
Give the path to the virtual machine configuration file (a .vmx file under the virtual machine’s directory) to vmplayer as its parameter.
将虚拟机配置文件(虚拟机目录下的.vmx文件)的路径作为参数指定给vmplayer。
卸载VMware Player∞ (Uninstall VMware Player ∞)
VMware installer provides the method to uninstall VMware products. We can use this tool
VMware安装程序提供了卸载VMware产品的方法。 我们可以使用这个工具
# vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-player
It has a GUI and just follow its instruction to finish the uninstallation.
它具有GUI,只需按照其说明完成卸载即可。
VirtualBox的∞ (VirtualBox ∞)
安装VirtualBox ∞ (Install VirtualBox ∞)
We use VirtualBox’s repository for Fedora here. We use VirtualBox-4.1 as the example.
我们在这里使用VirtualBox的Fedora存储库。 我们以VirtualBox-4.1为例。
Download the repository file.
下载存储库文件。
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
Install VirtualBox using yum
使用yum安装VirtualBox
# yum install VirtualBox-4.1
Related (for UEFI Secure Boot systems): VirtualBox report “Kernel driver not installed” on Fedora 21.
相关(对于UEFI安全启动系统 ): VirtualBox在Fedora 21上报告“未安装内核驱动程序” 。
运行VirtualBox的∞ (Run VirtualBox ∞)
Just execute
只需执行
$ virtualbox
Start a virtual machine just by one command
只需一个命令即可启动虚拟机
# VBoxManage startvm name_of_the_virtual_machine
VBoxManager use the virtual machine’s name as its parameter. The name can be found from VirtualBox’s virtual machine list.
VBoxManager使用虚拟机的名称作为其参数。 可以从VirtualBox的虚拟机列表中找到该名称。
卸载VirtualBox的∞ (Uninstall VirtualBox ∞)
As installing VirtualBox, we can uninstall (erase) it using yum
安装VirtualBox时,我们可以使用yum卸载(擦除)它
# yum erase VirtualBox-4.1
Previous comments:
以前的评论:
frogola, OCT 11, 2012 AT 11:07 PM
How would you compare the two products, what are the strengths and weaknesses of each? Which one do you prefer?
托格拉多拉,2012年10月11日,晚上11:07
您将如何比较这两种产品,每种产品的优缺点是什么? 你更倾向哪个?
Zhiqiang Ma, OCT 12, 2012 AT 10:01 AM
On Linux platforms from my own experience, VMWare player delivers better performance than VirtualBox. However, VirtualBox is easier to setup/upgrade/etc. Considering the higher performance of PCs, I like VirtualBox more.
马志强,2012年10月12日,上午10:01
根据我的经验,在Linux平台上,VMWare播放器提供了比VirtualBox更好的性能。 但是,VirtualBox易于设置/升级/等。 考虑到PC的更高性能,我更喜欢VirtualBox。